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Giovanni Stevanin, researcher at the Brain and Spine Institute (Institut du Cerveau - ICM), and his collaborators identified a recurring mutation in a new gene responsible for cerebellar axatia that en-codes a calcium channel expressed in certain...

Very few people pretend they have never dreamt. Pr. Isabelle Arnulf’s work, Head of sleep disorders at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital and researcher at Paris Brain Institute, and her colleagues, prove that this is false. Everybody dreams, but some do...

Several recent studies confirm that the presence of senile plaques or the beta-amyloid protein permit the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease or predictions as to who will develop the disease.

In the framework of the new national Plan for the study of neurogenerative diseases (2014-2019), seven regional centres of excellence in the field of neurodegenerative diseases were selected from among the 12 projects submitted.

The Institut du Cerveau - ICM and the IHU-A-Institut du Cerveau - ICM announced in June, 2015, the launching of the "Big Brain Theory" program. This call for projects will attribute grants for new projects initiated by the researchers, clinicians...

Why do we like a painting or a person? Does our judgement depend only on the intrinsic value of the painting or the person? What if other factors intervene?

Gait and balance disorders and the associated falls caused by Parkinson disease are a major public health problem.

During the Second Neurothics Network meeting, Christine Mitchell, professor at Harvard University and researcher in the "Human Brain Project," explain the mission of the project and some of the ethical questions it raises.

In a recent study of a large sample of Icelanders, researchers identified a correlation between the presence of a mutation on the gene ABCA7 and Alzheimer disease.

MedDay, a biotechnology company centred on disorders of the nervous system and incubated at the Brain and Spine Institute – Institut du Cerveau - ICM, announced today that the main criterion of its pivotal clinical trial MS-SPI was attained. The...

Why aren't we aware of outside noises when we sleep? A study, carried out at Neurospin in collaboration with the "Centre du sommeil et de la vigilance" of the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris (AP-HP), the Brain and Spine Institute (Institut du Cerveau - ICM), the...

Can the left hemisphere compensate for a lesion in the right hemisphere?